Fen Drayton Lakes is a complex of lakes, lagoons, ponds and a river, situated close to Fen Drayton, Holywell and Swavesey in Cambridgeshire, England.
Recent bird species sighted include barn owl, bittern, blackcap, honey buzzard, common crane, cormorant, great egret, little egret, red-footed falcon, black-headed gull, goldeneye, marsh harrier, purple heron, hobby, glossy ibis, kingfisher, sanderling, snipe, starling, bearded tit, Cetti's warbler, reed warbler, willow warbler, and whiskered tern.
[4][2][5] Fishing is available via syndicate membership on Drayton fen, Ferry lagoon, Holywell lake and Swavesey lake and the water contains specimen carp, bream, tench, roach, rudd, eel and perch.
[3] These lakes are prone to flooding and as such fish populations are somewhat of a mystery,[6] however, Ferry lagoon is now famous for producing British record sized bream, firstly a bream caught by James Rust of 19lb 10oz in March 2005, then to Mark McKenna of 22lb 9oz in September 2009.
[7] Both of these were eclipsed by the current British record (to Dec 2017), of 22lb 11oz caught by Scott Crook at Ferry lagoon in April 2012.